Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April 1870-21 January 1924), better known by his alias of Lenin, was the father of the Russian Bolshevik movement and modern communism, leading the successful Russian Revolution of 1917 and creating the Soviet Union. From 30 December 1922 to 21 January 1924, he served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union, preceding Alexei Rykov, making him the first Soviet head of state. His ideas, Leninism, would often be compared to Marxism as a fundamental belief of communism.

Biography
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was born on 22 April 1870 in Simbirsk, Russian Empire to a father of Chuvash descent and a mother of German and Jewish descent. Both of his parents were liberal conservatives, and Ulyanov entered Kazan University in 1887. He was arrested for being a member of a student society, and Ulyanov would develop Marxist political views.